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The Serpent and the Wings of Night (Crowns of Nyaxia, #1)

Carissa Broadbent

Start date: April 13, 2023

Finish date: May 1, 2023

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Oct 08, 2024 Ange | rambling_angela rated it really liked it

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This book lived up to the hype! I smashed it, reading 500ish pages in less than 3 days. And it was so easy to fly through!! There were points that I could not put this book down and stayed up way too late reading 🙈

Was it original? No
Was it predictable? Yes

But who cares!! It was gggooooooodddd!! 🫠

Some people might complain about the lack of worldbuilding but it had enough for me. Characters, events and politics were not over complicated, they were easy to learn and keep straight. Maybe I wouldn’ ...more

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Mar 24, 2024 Tiffany rated it really liked it

4.3 stars.

Things are so messed up right now.

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Dec 26, 2023 Allison rated it it was amazing

When I saw the first reviews as a paranormal hunger games with Vampires I was intrigued, but after reading it, I realized it was so much more .

Yes there are seriously moody and dangerous vampires but they are just the outliers of the actual story line. The heroine Oraya is the human "daughter" of the Nightborn King, Vincent. Her life has been one of training, surviving in the shadows of the castle till she can fight in the Kejari, so that she can ask the Goddess of Death for a power to bind her ...more

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Sep 15, 2024 Vampire-lk rated it really liked it

Shelves: audio-version, supernaturals, awesome-cover-artwork, awesome-title, eeeeekkkkkkssss, favourite-topic, forbidden-love, spy-thrillers, recommended-ones, dystopian

Omggggg all the feels!!! Shorter reviews as follows lol
Got Hunger Games/Divergent vibes!!!
Lots of angst lots!! Love secrets friends enemies lovers!!! Great novel! Can’t wait to read the second one!! Xx

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